Is Your Hotel Marketing Strategy More Like Tinder or Match.Com?
The strategy for finding success in the hospitality industry and using online dating apps is strikingly similar (believe it or not). For example, when considering marketing strategies you want to attract, […]
Comment: A summer social media roundup
We’re always being told that social media is a 24/7/365 affair, but with summer temperatures at their highest and many of us enjoying our holidays abroad, social media activities can […]
Shift From Mass Personalization to True Individualization
Moving from mass personalization to true individualization may seem like a matter of semantics, but the distance between the two concepts is significant. Imagine for a moment that all-too familiar […]
Email Marketers Take Note Of Gmail Updates
Google rolled out new Google Inbox features to both iOS and Android devices this week to help prevent Gmail users from falling victim to email phishing or malware attacks. Gmail […]
Engagement Rate Heralds Next Era Of Email Metrics
Mobile devices are complicating our usual understanding of email metrics Just as marketers newer to email have grasped the nuances of deliverability, inbox placement, the differences between click-through and click-to-open […]
CheapTickets enhanced search flexibility with split ticketing options
CheapTickets is enticing travelers to book trips through its mobile application by enabling them to take advantage of split ticketing, a feature that lets users browse for two one-way flights […]
Are OTAs providing biased information?
A cyber war has erupted in recent weeks between major online travel agencies such as Expedia (EXPE) and Priceline.com (PCLN) and hotel chains over how some discounts are being offered […]
Hotels must ease booking shift from mobile to desktop
Planning for travel often begins on smartphones and tablets, but hoteliers must streamline the jump from mobile to desktops for final booking to take full advantage of existing consumer behavior. […]
Airbnb’s Unregulated Commercial Activity
More than seven months have passed since Airbnb issued its “community compact,” in which the company claimed it would do everything it could to “help ensure our community pays its […]
Marriott captures 3x ad engagement with nonintrusive programmatic
SpringHill Suites by Marriott capitalized on the popularity surrounding mobile video by leveraging a programmatic interscroller format to offer users an immersive tour of a room, resulting in nearly three […]